IP Library Granted Patent US 10,304,911
Granted Patent B2
US 10,304,911 · App. 15/982,051 · Granted May 28, 2019

Display device

Inventor: Ryoichi Ito (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
H01L27/323G06F3/044H01L27/3225H01L51/0097G06F2203/04102G06F2203/04105G09G3/3225G09G2310/08H01L27/3244H01L2251/5315H01L2251/5338
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Patent No.
US 10,304,911
App. No.
15/982,051
Granted
May 28, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a flexible substrate having a display region including a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels having a pair of electrodes and a display element therebetween; a first electrode layer provided on the plurality of pixels; a second electrode layer provided on the first electrode layer; a third electrode layer provided on the second electrode layer; a piezoelectric material layer provided between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer; and a flexible material layer provided between the second electrode layer and the third electrode layer.

Claims (36)

1. A display device comprising:

a flexible substrate having a display region, the display region including a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels having a display element;

a first insulating layer covering the plurality of pixels;

a first, a second, and a third electrode layer on the first insulating layer, each of the first, the second, the third electrode layer is located on different layers;

a first organic material layer between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer; and

a second organic material layer between the second electrode layer and the third electrode layer, wherein

the first electrode layer is divided into a plurality of first electrodes,

the third electrode layer is divided into a plurality of third electrodes, and

an area of each of the plurality of third electrodes is smaller than an area of each of the plurality of first electrodes.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the third electrode overlaps with at least one pixel of the plurality of pixels,

the first electrode overlaps with at the at least two pixels of the plurality of pixels, and

the second electrode layer entirely covers the plurality of pixels.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first organic material layer includes a piezoelectric material,

the first electrode layer, the second electrode layer and the first organic material layer are configured to include a bending sensor detecting a direction and an amount of bending of the flexible substrate,

the second organic material layer includes a flexible material,

the second electrode layer, the third electrode layer and the second organic material layer are configured to include a press sensor detecting a pressure applied to a region overlapping the display region.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein

an uppermost layer of the first electrode layer, the second electrode layer and the third electrode layer is configured to include a touch sensor detecting a touch of a conductor with the region overlapping the display region.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

at least one of the first, the second and the third electrode layer includes a transparent conductive layer.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

at least one of the first, the second and the third electrode layer includes a metal layer having openings with respect to regions overlapping the plurality of pixels.

7. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein

each of the bending sensor and the press sensor overlaps with the display region.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first insulating layer has a stack structure including an inorganic material layer and a third organic material layer.

9. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein

the display element displays an image at each of a plurality of frame periods,

each of the bending sensor, the press sensor and the touch sensor is configured to perform driving in a time division manner such that:

the touch sensor is driven in a first period including a first frame period;

the press sensor is driven in a second period including a second frame period; and

the bending sensor is driven in a third period including a third frame period.

10. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein

the first period, the second period and the third period include an overlapping period.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072130/0313 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-099375 · May 18, 2016 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15825160 · Nov 29, 2017
Continuation 15492083 · Apr 20, 2017
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